Director, Software Delivery Architecture

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Job Level: Director

Location:

Charlotte, NC, US, 28202

Employment Type:

Full Time

Requisition

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan.

SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network.

The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

SMBC is seeking a Director, Software Delivery Architecture to lead the strategy, architecture, governance, and continuous evolution of enterprise software delivery capabilities.

This role is responsible for defining and governing Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), Dev Sec Ops  practices, developer platforms, engineering tooling, and AI-enabled software delivery capabilities. The Director will assist in defining enterprise platform standards, reference architectures, implementation patterns, engineering roadmaps, and technology strategies that enable secure, scalable, resilient, and efficient software delivery capabilities across the organization. This role will drive engineering transformation initiatives that improve software quality, developer productivity, operational resilience, regulatory compliance, and business outcomes.

A key focus of the role is identifying and implementing AI opportunities across the software delivery lifecycle, leveraging emerging technologies to improve software quality, reduce manual effort, accelerate delivery, and strengthen engineering governance.

The successful candidate will help shape the future of software engineering at SMBC by combining modern architecture practices, platform engineering, AI-enabled development capabilities, and enterprise governance into a cohesive software delivery strategy.

• Define and maintain the enterprise Software Delivery Architecture strategy, roadmap, target-state architecture, operating model, standards, and reference architectures.
• Establish governance frameworks, architecture standards, and implementation patterns supporting SSDLC, Dev Sec Ops , platform engineering, and software governance practices.
• Establish reference architectures, patterns, and best practices for software development, testing, deployment, and release management.
• Establish platform standards for source control, CI/CD, testing, software quality, security scanning, and deployment automation.
• Provide architectural oversight for development platforms and tools, including source control, CI/CD, testing, artifact management, and collaboration platforms.
• Drive modernization initiatives that improve delivery velocity, software quality, security resiliency, and developer experience.
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